Flowers

There is a lot of anticipation and preparation for the bulb season but beautiful as they are they certainly don't last very long.  (Just ask our friends who drove to Ottawa for the last weekend of the Tulip festival and ended up seeing a city full of stalks!).

Luckily for those who like flowers and colour in such a cold climate there are hanging baskets!  The winter is so cold and harsh here that not a lot of delicate flowers can survive year to year so instead garden centres pop up all over the place.

This pop up flower market is in our village and is just amazing.  The choice of annuals, herbs and potted colour was mind blowing - it was actually difficult to decide which ones to choose!

In the end I chose two pink and purple fuchsias to try and brighten our very stark front porch.  I think this will be the extent of our gardening effort this spring/summer but I am quite keen to plant lots of bulbs for next year.  Maybe I could cut a deal with my squirrels so they don't dig them up?  Ply them with nuts and grapes to keep the tulips and daffodils safe?!?

xx

Another beautiful Sunday, another lazy Sunday lunch with friends.  Today's dessert was a classic trifle...